Vai is used as a family name or surname in India. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Vai
No. of characters: 3
Origin: India
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Vai

How popular is Vai?

Vai is common in India.

Vai is ranked 3760 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Vais grew by 31.51515 per cent to 217 since 2000 and ranked 86005 after elevating 15152 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 48.85 34.55
White 42.86 54.55
Hispanic or Latino 3.69 0
Others 2.76 3.03
Vai is quite popular family name mostly used in Bangladesh while Papua New Guinea is ahead in terms of density. Around 145187 people have been found who wears Vai as their family name. Vai is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
6,072 China7
7,646 Japan7
2,028 Vietnam5
76 Solomon Islands4
1,372 Nepal4
15,956 Venezuela3
23,165 Romania3
1,647 Fiji3
710 French Polynesia3
6,270 Hong Kong3
6,462 Ivory Coast2
3,014 Taiwan2
6,103 Cyprus2
54,641 Sweden2
44,018 Poland2
13,552 Qatar2
53,505 Turkey1
34,581 Chile1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
18,969 Wales1
138 Niue1
7,198 Maldives1
31,584 Peru1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
7,895 South Korea1
20,172 Hungary1
2,715 Gabon1
25,746 Finland1
24,771 Colombia1
10,190 Bahrain1
37,493 Austria1
28,746 Algeria1
12,745 Luxembourg1
2,935 Madagascar1
38,830 Morocco1
38,841 Scotland1
537 Liechtenstein1
66,560 Philippines1
17,768 Pakistan1
11,510 Oman1
47,891 Norway1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
118,015 Netherlands1
7,191 Afghanistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,256 Australia50
11,444 Portugal28
36,547 Switzerland27
73,929 Spain21
133,639 Canada18
14,048 Ireland16
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,440 United Arab Emirates76
10,487 New Zealand64
51,036 Tanzania61
139,020 Indonesia53
5,773 Singapore53
Countries with hundreds of Vai:
14,293 Brazil938
9,850 Argentina552
227 Macau322
75,424 United States321
11,767 Saudi Arabia269
9,896 Greece197
25,613 England188
19,046 Mexico183
10,151 Malaysia177
59,024 Germany168
61,459 France159
4,581 Lithuania135
Countries with thousands of Vai:
39 Papua New Guinea8,219
4,172 Italy2,508
1,243 Cambodia1,173
Countries with ten thousands of Vai:
207 Bangladesh91,440
1,559 India37,666
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Angelo Vai hailed from Italy. 2 years old embarked for New York from Palermo on Entella and arrived on July 16, 1888. 26 years old Angelo Vai, 31 years old Antonio Vai, 37 years old Antonio Vai, Carlo Vai, aged 32, Carlo Vai (41) Laborer, Carolina Vai, aged 21, Caterina Vai, aged 28, F. Vai (36) Servant, and 8 other Vai around 50% of whom were farmer migrated to US from Antwerp, Boulogne & Rotterdam, Havre, Bordeaux and Genoa & Gibraltar.

Comments

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Yi Smelley
 The origin of the name is Basque etymology of the name comes from the word meaning ibai: River; and by extension the place of the river this surname specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Vai Namesakes

  • Mugdha Vaishampayan, Musical Artist
  • Abdulla Vaidani, Film producer
  • Abian Vainstein, Actor
  • Steve Vai, Guitarist
  • Nicole Vaidišová, Tennis player
  • Roger Vailland, Novelist
  • Yrjö Väisälä, Astronomer
  • Srinu Vaitla, Film director
  • Kaajal Oza Vaidya, Author
  • Mat Vairo, Actor

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